THE cost of your TV licence has increased again. We explain how you can check your balance and if you can legally avoid paying it. Thew TV licence fee has gone up by £4Getty - Contributor How much is the TV licence going to increase? The cost of the annual television licence went from £150.50 to £154.50. The Government is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and in 2016 announced it would rise in line with inflation for five years starting on April 1 2017. When you pay the licence fee, the BBC provides nine national TV channels plus regional programming; 10 national radio stations, 40 local radio stations plus dedicated Nations radio services; one of the UK's most popular websites; the radio app BBC Sounds; and BBC iPlayer. You can pay the TV licence fee in one payment, 12 payments or four paymentsAlamy How can you check your balance? You can find out your balance here. You can make one payment of £154.50 to pay for entire year. Or you can pay £12.87 a month or £39.97 quarterly. If you are ...